I have become very familiar with the chronic wounds that folks with diabetes manifest lately. Given they have poor circulation in their legs and feet, the ability of these folks to heal their wounds is greatly diminished. ( Foot ulcers prevail in about 10% of all adults, and about ¼ of all type II diabetes patients.)
Continue reading Sap for diabetic wounds
Here’s a new wrinkle. Our antibiotics are compounds that interfere with bacterial cell wall production, membrane integrity, protein biosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. But, given our overuse (and incomplete drug regimens), the microbes we hope to kill have already developed resistance to the antibiotics in our arsenal.
Continue reading Let’s get MRSA!
When I used to travel three, four, five days a week, I always wanted to eat meat when I was home. Because I felt deprived of it when I wasn’t home. (Except in New York City- and less than ten locations in the rest of the US, it was hard to find kosher meals.)
Continue reading It’s in the bag????
Y’all know I have lived in the DC Metropolitan area for almost 3 decades. Over that time, the Potomac River has been cleaned up. (No, it’s not clean. But, coming from where it was in the 70’s and 80’s, there has been an amazing improvement.) And, over the past 3 decades, those EPA regulations that a certain party bitches about have made an amazing difference in local air quality. (That’s true even though DC has a slew of bus traffic- more tourist buses than almost every other place in the US.)
Continue reading Dear Jonathan Jarvis
